Friendswood's Ryan Teel competes in the boys Class 4A UIL State Cross Country Championship at Old Settlers Park, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in Round Rock, Texas. Teel finished first in the race. (AP Photo/The ... more

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Teel wins a second state title

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Ryan Teel had been on the state medal stand before, just not with his Friendswood cross country teammates, but that changed last week at the UIL State Championships in Round Rock.

Teel, who will run for Oklahoma State next year, repeated as the Class 4A boys state champion with a winning time of 15:42.42, but there was much more to come for the Mustangs.

Senior Levi Kessler added a fourth place at 16:19.61, senior Troy Richardson was 19th (17:00.99), sophomore Ryan Oliver 35th (17:33.00), and junior Michael Otto 49th (17:50.92), and that gave Friendswood a third place in the team standings (108) behind 4A boys champion Boerne Champion and runner-up Cedar Park, which both finished at 55 with Boerne Champion winning on a tiebreaker. Also running at state for Friendswood and coach Steve Haffelder were senior Austin Cline (63rd) and junior Robert Anseimo (67th).

Dawson senior Mary Luster finished 28th in the 4A girls division at 19:58.15, and Manvel junior Meschelle Gills was 61st in 5A girls at 19:54.66 at the state event at Old Settler Park

Football playoffs start

Manvel and Pearland open the Class 5A Region III football playoffs this week, while Dawson and Friendswood do the same in 4A-III Division I on Friday, Nov. 16.

Moments before that at 7 p.m. Friday, Friendswood (8-2) meets Angleton (8-2) at Hall Stadium, with the winner moving on against Stratford (8-2) or Waltrip (5-4).

The Dawson-Foster winner advances against Tomball (5-5) or Reagan (7-3) and for Dawson and Friendswood to have a rematch, that would come way down the road in the region finals on Dec. 7, and after both teams had three playoff wins in the books.

Dawson beat Friendswood 42-33 in District 24-4A play earlier this season.

Manvel is in the 5A-III Division II bracket, and Pearland is in 5A-III Division I, so there will be no Mavericks-Oilers rematch after Manvel beat Pearland 42-28 two weeks ago in District 22-5A.

Manvel (9-1) tackles Port Arthur Memorial at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Channelview, and if the Mavericks survive, they go against Brazoswood (6-4) or Dulles (6-4) in the second round. The UIL Class 4A and 5A football playoffs end with state championship games on Dec. 21-22 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.